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Bird Hearts

Future Frames: Ten New Filmmakers To Follow 2015 / Fuglehjerter / Norway 2015

Just prior to his birthday, 25-year-old Benjamin faces a plethora of internal doubts. He is unsure of the arrival of his younger, more successful brother, and even his girlfriend deepens his insecurity by relating the story of her most erotic encounter ever – and it wasn’t with him.… A sensitive movie about a small life crisis that anyone might go through as a birthday approaches.

Synopsis

Benjamin and Maya live happily together in a small apartment in Oslo. But the arrival of Benjamin’s successful younger brother Tobias and a subsequent party fairly poison their idyll. Maya’s innocent telling of an erotic adventure she had causes Benjamin’s insecurities to surface. Am I a good lover? Have I accomplished enough in my life? His 26th birthday is coming up and it seems that his family is more interested in an essay Tobias got published or the cake baked by his younger sister. A sensitive movie about a small life crisis that anyone might go through as a birthday approaches.

Anna Kořínek

About the film

25 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel / Screenplay Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel / Dir. of Photography Daniel Warren / Music Bendik Hovik Kjeldsberg / Editor Jonas Ekroll Bakkelund / Producer Martine Solberg / Production Westerdals Oslo ACT / Cast André Sørum, Stine Sørensen, Steinar Klouman Hallert / Contact Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel

About the director

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel (b. 1990, Oslo, Norway) rounded out bachelor’s studies at Westerdals Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology with Bird Hearts (2015). He currently lives in Oslo where he enjoys drumming in his free time.

Contacts

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
E-mail: [email protected]

Guests

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Film Director

Stine Oppegaard
Film Institution Rep.

Martine Solberg
Producer

Daniel Warren
Director of Photography

Jonas Ekroll Bakkelund
Film Editor

Odin Eggen Brække
Sound Designer